ABORTION

Brazil: Obstacles to abortion for rape victims denounced

Published on: June 7, 2026
16:16

Brasilia, June 7 (Prensa Latina) Feminist and human rights organizations in Brazil are preparing a national day of mobilizations against a law that, they denounce, hinders access to legal abortion for rape victims.

Abortion-banning law before women know are pregnant takes effect

Published on: September 3, 2021
07:29

United Nations, Sep 3 (Prensa Latina) Legislation banning abortions after about six weeks that is already in force in Texas, United States, limits safe and legal abortion options and puts women at risk.

US Supreme Court to review Mississippi law limiting abortion rights

Published on: May 18, 2021
08:23

Washington, May 18 (Prensa Latina) US Supreme Court on Monday agreed to consider gutting the 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling that legalized abortion nationwide, taking up Mississippi´s bid to revive a Republican-backed state law that bans the procedure after 15 weeks of pregnancy.

Anti-abortion laws rejected in the United States

Published on: April 27, 2021
10:50

Washington, Apr 27 (Prensa Latina) The signing of laws in Montana and Oklahoma states to restrict the interruption of pregnancy has prompted new actions by the defenders of abortions, which have been legal nationwide since 1973.

US agency says women can get abortion pill via mail

Published on: April 14, 2021
11:12

Washington, Apr 14 (Prensa Latina) Women seeking an abortion pill will not be required to visit a doctor's office or clinic during the Covid-19 pandemic, US health officials said on Tuesday in the latest reversal in an ongoing legal battle over the medication.

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